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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22:643-645
© 2002 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Cardiac bronchus: a rare cause of hemoptysis

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
^b Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 10 March 2002; received in revised form 18 June 2002; accepted 15 July 2002.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +31-20-5664-3223; fax: +31-20-6962-289
e-mail: m.bentala{at}amc.uva.nl

In this paper, we present a case history, involving a 70-year-old male patient with hemoptysis due to an accessory cardiac bronchus, which was treated successfully by resection.

Key Words: Accessory cardiac bronchus • Hemoptysis • Bronchoscopy • Computed tomography